Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:25:03 -0600
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Check out movie stuff and the projectors they are manufacturing for 8mm
and 16mm

http://www.moviestuff.tv/16mm_telecine.html


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Thanks to everyone for your information.  I work with a Mac and Formac
Studio at home, and have found it to work well.  I can see that having a
good processor and a HUGE hard drive will be the most important.

This project is primarily focusing on preservation, having the final
digital
video and audio online may be difficult. I know there are streaming
servers,
etc., but the examples I have seen have 1-10 minute snippets.  I may
have to
put the transcripts online, and only provide a small sample.  Has anyone
provided the capability for hour long video or audio collections online.

And one more question.. Probably the most difficult.  We have stacks of
16mm
newsreels.  Is there anything out there for easy transfer to
video/digital?
Maybe a "transfer box?"
Thanks so much everyone!
David Lynx
yakimamemory.org



> I agree with Mike for video, particularly if it's just simple one- or
> two-tapes per DVD and you don't need to do sophisticated authoring
> (splitting into chapters, adding other multimedia, etc). Mike made a
really
> key point, too -- spring for a unit with a hard drive. I have a JVC
unit
> that doesn't have a hard drive and it's less than convenient for
making
> anything except off-air recordings or straight dubs with no chapter
splits
> of video tapes. That said, for those straight dubs, it's a client's
best
> friend because the time is real-time plus 5 minutes setup and
disc-closing
> per disc. There's a little bit more rig-a-marole with a hard drive
unit but
> the authoring options are much more robust and you're not at the mercy
of
> how compatible the media you happen to be using is (this JVC unit is
> somewhat picky about DVD-R media and it seems to take until nearly the
end
> of a dub to decide it can't work with dics it doesn't like). To do
really
> sophisticated (ie Hollywood-grade) authoring, I think your best bet is
to
> spring for a decent-horsepower Mac and a decent-horsepower firewire
video
> capture box and a full-fledged copy of Final Cut Pro. I do not know a
more
> flexible or easier-to-use video-production program. I personally have
a
> Windows setup and use Pinnacle Studio but it's a bit of a garbage
program
> and if I get more video-authoring business to justify the cost, I will
> switch to Sony Vegas.
> 
> -- Tom Fine

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